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This November, every pundit will be talking about causes and effects of voter apathy and malfunctioning machines in Florida. Let’s not jump on that bandwagon; let’s eliminate it by reforming the system. Get out and vote today, because otherwise, as far as Beacon Hill is concerned, you don’t exist...
...change has been so swift and so pervasive that no simple explanation is possible. Maybe we didn't understand all the ramifications when we jumped on the low-fat bandwagon. We also failed to factor in suburban sprawl and six-lane expressways, school cafeterias and fast-food chains, movie theaters and television, advertisers and food processors. "We live in a toxic environment," says Kelly Brownell, director of the Yale University Center for Eating and Weight Disorders. "Physical activities have been engineered out of day-to-day life, and the food environment grows worse by the day. We took Joe Camel...
...savvy figures have molded him into a hot icon among the most unlikely doll collectors imaginable: Tokyo's jaded, trend-setting twentysomethings. To reach that desirable market, Nike Japan featured Lau in a series of Presto shoe advertisements two years ago and Levi Strauss Japan quickly jumped on the bandwagon, using Lau to plug its Engineered Jeans line. Moreover, his appeal to the hip-hop generation seems global. His limited-edition plastic dolls have made it into toy collector shops in New York City and London. Young, cutting-edge international designers, DJs and artists beg to visit his apartment-studio...
...that band can make it big with throwbacks to punk’s heyday and a hype campaign to embarrass the Y2K virus, why can’t Phantom Planet be the next group to jump on the “saving rock” bandwagon...
Later, when Summers hinted at reconsideration of the University’s exclusionary policies towards the Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC), more conservatives joined the Summers bandwagon...